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Gallery: Vector-borne Disease

老鼠, 跳蚤, 和鼠疫 (Rats, fleas, and the plague), 1952

老鼠, 跳蚤, 和鼠疫  (Rats, fleas, and the plague), Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health, 1952

Rats and fleas can be carriers of both bubonic and pneumonic plague. The images in this poster show how plague is spread through rats and fleas and methods of plague prevention such as proper handling of trash and food and eliminating rats and fleas.


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Poster with 3 horizontal panels of images and text showing ways of preventing infectious diseases by keeping one’s environment clean, title on top

This poster series produced by the Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health in 1952 uses panels of images to educate citizens on the various ways of preventing disease from keeping their environment, water, and food clean to getting vaccinations and eradicating vectors of disease like lice, mosquitoes, and flies


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